Former Portland Mayor Bud Clark was named Grand Marshal of the 2014 Portland General Electric/SOLVE Starlight Parade on Monday night. The Rose Festival announced the choice during a gathering at the McMenamin's Kennedy School for "A 30th Anniversary Retrospective of Bud Clark's Successful Race for Mayor of Portland."

Clark first ran for mayor in 1984 and was re-elected in 1988. He is a 1949 graduate of Lincoln High School and the longtime owner of the Goose Hollow Inn Tavern.

This year's Starlight Parade begins at 8:30 p.m., Saturday, May 31, in downtown Portland after the Legacy Health Starlight Run, which starts at 7:45 p.m. Those who can't make it out to the festivities can catch them live on FOX 12 at 9 p.m. The parade will feature 30 floats, 23 special units and 19 marching bands. Entrants will be decked out in lights throughout the route.